# CVE-2005-3239: The OLE2 unpacker in clamd in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.87-1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-10-14 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The OLE2 unpacker in clamd in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.87-1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a DOC file with an invalid property tree, which triggers an infinite recursion in the ole2_walk_property_tree function.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/17451
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-04.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17501
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17184
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15101
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:205
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17559
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17448
- http://www.osvdb.org/20536
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=368319
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=333566
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-887
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015154

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